Gore-Tex Duds

Gore-Tex CityNow that we've got Gore-Tex in our dental floss, dress shoes, and guitar strings, we shouldn't have been surprised when companies like Banana Republic and Polo started incorporating the stuff into their trench coats and cashmere-blended jackets. But, we were-and these high tech, higher-fashion threads aren't bad looking, either. Now, you wouldn't catch us prowling Mad River Glen's Mad Mountain Tavern in this stuff, but we're pretty confident they might help us hook up in Aspen.